A NEW IDEOLOGY 11

doubt its own worth. The spirit of the who'^e;stu
dent body is lifted, anxieties and tensions <in||>
pear, secret talk and play cease, lessons improve
health improves—for dynamic energies have been
released, put to work in satisfying and construc-
tive ways, leaving young minds free to go aftout
the normal concerns of every-day work and play.

In the following chapters I have offered a pro-
gram of sex guidance and teaching based upon my
own work in many schools. It is not a fixed pro-
gram and will admit of expansion or curtailment
to meet existing conditions.

Every sex education program, no matter how
enlarged or restricted, can work toward certain
definite objectives which, however, must not be
isolated or unrelated but synthesized into an or-
ganic whole. Every program should promote:

i. Satisfaction of the love impulse throughout its vari-
ous stages of growth
$. Association of the sexes in work and play

3. Adoption of acceptable terminology

4. Utilization of innate pride in function for good
living

5. Knowledge of mammalian reproduction, including
human

6. Correlation, of sex knowledge with every-day experi-
ence

7. Preparation for sexual maturation